William Wordsworth (1770-1850) completed two main versions of his autobiographical epic poem The Prelude‚ the original version in 1805‚ and a revised version which was published in 1850. The 1805 version is the one usually studied‚ and usually considered the better of the two‚ being more melodic and spontaneous than the more laboured version of 1850. In this essay I shall be discussing the 1805 version‚ with one or two references to differences in the 1850 version. Book Vl‚ entitled‚ ’Cambridge
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T.S. Eliot is a modernist. He believes that your mind makes things real to you; the way that we think about the world creates the world. Ronald Barthes is a postmodernist. His writings reflect his beliefs that language changes consciousness and then the world. There are obviously many differences between Eliot’s text‚ "Tradition and the Individual Talent‚" and Barthes’ text‚ "The Death of the Author." They are two different authors from different time periods of literature who developed different
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This poem’s title‚ Gerontion‚ is Greek for “little old man”. This title ties in with the poem’s theme of an old man pondering about life and death. Eliot continues his use of dryness; in this poem he uses it to represent hopelessness and purposelessness. However‚ the pervading theme of this poem is death‚ afterlife‚ and Christianity. Lines that particularly reflect these themes are lines 17-20‚ “Signs are taken for wonders. ‘We would see a sign!’/The word within a word‚ unable to speak a word
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What are the main themes of T.S. Eliot’s ‘Preludes’? What aspects of the poem would you identify as modernist techniques? What does Eliot’s poem express about the condition of the human subject in early twentieth-century modernity? You need to substantiate your essay on a close reading and critical analysis of the poem. T.S Eliot’s ‘Preludes’ is a prominent modernist poem that vividly reflects his opinion about the impact of World War I’s traumatic experience‚ questioning at the same time the
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Q. Explain how T.S Eliot’s poems “Rhapsody on a Windy Night” and “Preludes” express modernist concerns Modernist concerns are expressed through T.S Eliot’s poems ‘Rhapsody on a Windy Night’ and ‘Preludes’. Eliot uses his fragmented childhood experiences and his thoughts on the squalor modern life to express the issues of meaningless life‚ isolation‚ the alienation and loneliness that the humans feel and lastly the damaged psyche of humanity. The issues of meaningless life is expressed through complex
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I will be closely reading Hysteria by T.S. Eliot to interpret the piece through the eye of an amateur New Critic. Through this reading technique that emphasizes focusing on the words on the page‚ I will give evidence to support that hysteria is an overwhelming state that consumes everyone in its path. Although it is the woman in the poem who is laughing hysterically‚ both men who surround her are consumed by the desire to make her stop. By showing the ambiguity‚ and tension found throughout this
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Textual Analysis of T.S. Eliot’s Essay from Notes on a Definition of Culture: a series of Radio talks. Abstract In his essay from a Definition of Culture Eliot proposes that the English language is the richest for the purposes of writing poetry. He uses this claim to support a second one: each culture is renewed when its fundamental nature of uniqueness and variety is recognized. Treatment This essay is a broadcast‚ delivered after WWII to the Germans. It has 3 sections‚ each represented by
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Summarizer Benjy’s Prelude The novel takes place in 1928 in Jefferson‚ Mississippi. During the introduction‚ we are acquainted with two characters- Benjy and Luster. Benjy Compson is the youngest of the four siblings‚ and is also severely mentally handicapped‚ making it impossible for him to clearly express his thoughts and emotion through comprehensible language. The start of the novel shows Benjy and Luster going to a golf course after searching and failing to retrieve a lost quarter Benjy wanted
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Chopin’s Raindrop Prelude Structure Like many piano pieces of the Romantic period‚ Chopin’s Raindrop prelude is in ternary form (ABA1). This is where the second A section very similar to the first A section. However‚ it is the B section which provides a contrast to the outer A sections. The first A section lasts from bar 1-27. It is in D flat major. The B section is from bars 28-75 and it is in C# minor which is the enharmonic equivalent of Db major. Then there is the return of the A section which
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Claude Debussy composed the orchestral tone poem Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun in 1894 and was originally written by French poet Stéphane Mallarmé. Born in 1862 Claude Debussy was a French composer. Debussy wasn’t from a musical family‚ but he began piano lessons at seven years old and his parents supported him. Debussy was an extremely talented piano player and by 10 years old his talents entered him in the Paris Conservatoire where he would continue to study music for 11 years. Claude Debussy
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